Playing Card Archive

*Last updated: October 30th, 2025.

On this page you will be able to learn about all decks created by The Card Inn as well as information that could be useful for collectors.

 

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Decks releases so far, in order:

 

  • Chancers V1 Black + V2 Burgundy (Good Pals - 2022)
  • Halloween Tales (Good Pals - 2023)
  • Chancers V3 Green Fully Marked (Good Pals - 2024)
  • Chancers V4-V6 - The Limited Edition Series (Good Pals - 2024)
  • Halloween Tales Volume 2 (Good Pals - 2024)
  • Good Pals Logo Playing Cards (2025)
  • Good Pals Christmas Playing Cards (2025)
  • Scroll down to the bottom to learn about our next projects

 

Chancers Playing Cards (Black + Burgundy) by Good Pals - September 2022:

 

  • Kickstarter launch for Chancers V1 Black & Chancers V2 Burgundy. 
  • Raised £9370 thanks to 186 Backers.
  • Both printed by USPCC, editions of 1000. USPCC overprints meant that around 2400 decks in total were printed.
  • Fully custom deck featuring unique skeletal courts. Burgundy deck features a matte tuck
  • Both editions featured gilded variants of 150 including a Black / Silver & Burgundy / Gold Gilding
  • 45 of these 150 units have a number seal on them that say 'Kickstarter Edition' that was exclusive to backers on kickstarter. The remaining gilded editions are not numbered, but they do have a foil seal
  • These decks arrived in the UK and with kickstarter backers in May 2023
  • 30 x Uncut Sheets are available in each colour

 

Halloween Tales Playing Cards by Good Pals - June 2023:

 

 

Chancers V3 Green (Fully Marked) Playing Cards by Good Pals - January 2024:

 

  • Kickstarter launch - January 2024
  • Raised £8986 thanks to 147 backers.
  • 3 variants - Standard Edition, Gold Gilded Edition of 75, Holo Green Gilded Edition of 75
  • Printed by USPCC  - 1000 decks total. The final USPCC Chancers deck. Due to USPCC overprint, around 1368 decks were printed.
  • Fully custom deck featuring unique skeletal courts + a full marking system for the deck

 

 

Chancers V4 Magneta, V5 Pink, V6 Gold Playing Cards by Good Pals (Chancers Limited Edition Series) - July 2024:

 

  • Kickstarter Launch - July 2024
  • Raised £8662 thanks to 115 backers
  • V4 Magneta was a print run of 500 decks, with 100 Holographic Gilded decks also printed
  • V5 Pink was a print run of 350 decks, with 75 Holographic Gilded decks also printed
  • V6 Gold was a print run of 350 decks, with 75 Gold Spiral Gilded decks also printed
  • This was our first project printed by WJPC.
  • This was also our first project with a significantly smaller print run. With USPCC we were printing 1000 decks at a time, and with USPCC overprinting this led to usually 1100-1200 decks per print run.

 

Halloween Tales Volume II Orange, Special Edition Black & Blood Red - September 2024

 

Good Pals Logo Playing Cards - January 2025

 

  • Kickstarter Launch - January 2025
  • Raised £6836 thanks to 115 backers
  • Red Logo playing cards was an edition of 500
  • King Logo playing cards was a limited edition of 375, and also had a gilded edition of just 25
  • Our Gold Private Reserve was an edition of 300 and featured foiling on the tuck, card backs and card faces. There was also a gilded version limited to 50 copies.
  • Our Black & Gold Private Reserve was an edition of 300 and featured foiling on the tuck, card backs and card faces. There was also a gilded version limited to 50 copies.
  • The Black & Gold edition was at first exclusively available to those who were lucky enough to receive them in our Good Pals Mystery Decks. Those that received them got the deck for over 50% off! Not only that, it was an early access treat, as the deck was not released publicly until November 2025.

 

Good Pals Christmas Playing Cards - October 2025

 

  • Kickstarter Launch - October 2025

 

Full Archive:

 

Deck Series Total Variants  Variants Release Date
Chancers Playing Cards 13

V1Black, V2 Burgundy, V3 Green, V4 Magenta, V5 Pink, V6 Gold

*each version has a gilded version, although Chancers V3 had 2 x gilded versions

V1 + V2 (2022)

V3 (2024)

V4-V6 (2024)
Good Pals Halloween Tales 10

V1 Black, V1 Alternate Tuck, V1 Gilded Pink + Green

V2 Orange, V2 Special Black, V2 Blood Red, V2 Gilded Holo, V2 Gilded Black, V2 Gilded Red

V1 (2023)

V2 (2024)

V3 (2026)
Good Pals Logo Decks (Volume 1) 7

Red Logo, King Logo Black, Gold Private Reserve, Black & Gold Private Reserve

Gilded King Logo, Gilded Gold Private Reserve, Gilded Black & Gold Private Reserve

 Volume 1 (2025)
Good Pals Christmas Playing Cards 4 Santa Edition, Snowman Edition, Snow Globe Edition, Gilded Snow Globe Edition 2025

 

Prototype Decks:

As of January 2024, we have released prototype editions of all our decks. All have been for sale except for Chancers Burgundy prototype. Below you can find the information for these decks:

Chancers Prototypes (all sold out):

  • Chancers Burgundy Prototype - Edition of 3 (never made for sale)
  • Chancers Black Prototype - Edition of 25
  • Chancers V3 Green Prototype - Edition of 100 
  • Chancers Gold Prototype - Edition of 50
  • Chancers Purple Prototype - Edition of 50 
  • Chancers Pink Prototype - Edition of 50 

Halloween Tales Prototypes (all sold out):

  • Halloween Tales Standard Edition Prototype - Edition of 100
  • Halloween Tales Alt. Tuck Edition Prototype - Edition of 50 
  • Halloween Tales V2 Orange Prototype - Edition of 50
  • Halloween Tales V2 Black Prototype - Edition of 50
  • Halloween Tales V2 Blood Red Prototype - Edition of 10

2024-25 PLANNED RELEASES:

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